FARM FACTS AND FIGURES. The institutions under the supervision of this Department have cultivable land amounting in the aggregate to 2,856 acres and valued, for farm purposes, at $295,000. The value of all buildings used for farm purposes is estimated at $326,000, and tools and machinery at $28,240. The total inventory, which includes live stock, amounts to $822,619.33. During the past year the returns from these institutional farms and gardens have shown a remarkable increase, which has been due largely to greater zeal and more intelligent effort at the institution as well as to a favorable season. It is interesting to know that these farms produced crops and animal products for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1910, of the total value of $192,528.44, with a total cost of production of $94,902.36. The net profit amounts to $97,626.08 which is a return of approximately 12 percentum on the inventory assets. The results of the farm and garden operations for the past fiscal year are shown in detail in the following tables in comparison with the records of the previous year: COST OF FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS FOR YEARS 1908-9 AND |